Facilities Technician: Harwoods

Facilities Technician

JOB PURPOSE

The role of the Facilities Technician is to:

The Facilities Maintenance Technician role carries out diverse maintenance activities, fundamental to the maintenance and enhancement of the properties owned or leased as part of the Harwoods Group property portfolio.  

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Essential:

• Ensure a high-quality finish in respect of all painting and decorating works undertaken across locations.
• Manage the upkeep of Facilities utilised equipment and supplies to meet health and safety standards and certification i.e tools used solely by the team.
• Ensure personal certification & training courses are up to date to ensure Internal and External H&S compliance.
•  Liaise with third party contractors where tasks cannot be carried out by the Harwoods Facilities Teams and perform as contact point for building engineering team, outside vendors and contractors on special projects.
• Perform routine and ad hoc facility inspections and report on conditions affecting operations or brand standards.
•  Respond to emergencies.
• Comply with all safety procedures and requirements.
• Support any after-hours building needs and activities as required.
• Review/Define processes for dealing with facilities activities to ensure consistency in delivery. 
• Effectively prioritise those tasks that may incur significant risk to staff or property. 
• Ensure all tasks are recorded, allocated and updated using appropriate administrative tools 
• Manage costs for maintenance work

Skills & Requirements

• Full UK Driving License
• Competent in literacy, numeracy and IT

Experience

Desirable

• One year of experience in an equivalent or similar role and field.

Hours: Mon - Fr0 8am - 5pm with occasional evening and weekend overtime.

The Harwoods Way

Harwoods Group is a values led, family owned automotive retail group that was founded in 1931. Our values are lived and breathed by all of our colleagues to enable industry leading customer experience and colleague engagement, as detailed below:

We Treasure our people and our customers

We challenge ourselves to grow & improve

We grab responsibility

We run in the same direction as one team

We inject energy and fun into our work

We are a top 30 automotive dealer group, as ranked by annual turnover on AM100, representing the following brand partners:

Bentley, McLaren, Aston Martin, Jaguar, Land Rover, Audi, Volvo, INEOS, BMW & Mini (Service), MAN

We operate across 6 counties in the South East of England, namely:

Surrey, East Sussex, West Sussex, Kent, Wiltshire, Hampshire

With a high colleague engagement score of 72%, Harwoods Group has a real differentiator with our industry leading people development programme, including:

recruitment and selection; onboarding; induction; probation; lets talk one to ones; Harwoods Academy; succession and development; colleague recognition

After continued growth, we now operate with circa 1,100 colleagues across circa 28 state of the art facilities.

We demand the best for our colleagues and our customers and look forward to your application at recruitment@harwoods.co.uk